I'm a total junkie. I'm on elite now because my mind is running 100 thoughts/second visualizing level II patterns and I delude myself into thinking there will be meaningful conversations related to my trading mind found ont his chat board.

I think all great traders are addicts, to some degree or another.

The question is if you make money or not... or if you are working towards it. If you're going nowhere, you need help. If you're making money, you need a hobby. At least I do.

What youâre asking is how one evolves to the next stage of trading â treating it solely as a business

Assuming you are consistently profitable â meaning you are you making enough to cover âcost of livingâ and âcost of doing businessâ expenses

Then decide how much above and beyond this is enough for each day â make it â then walk away

I know itâs easy to say, but "hard as all get out" to do â It takes discipline, (I believe just as much discipline as it takes to trade properly)

Second option â if you must trade all day, set up a second account and trade from it after youâve made your COL and CODB expenses in your primary account

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thats a great idea ive been dong that sort of i make my money for the day then i trade micro lots
i make enough to live off of trading but i like to work a 2nd job to as it gets me away from the desk and into something social and interactive but.. its hard to let go sometimes.

im thinkin maybe i turned into this reading/studying/testing/demo trading.. all day long through school and whenever i wasnt working... i lost a girlfriend over it ... she couldnt understand why i traded a demo so much lol got a new fiance now but still.. i think maybe it comes from all the work you put in .. then to just let yourself be profitable from your work